Cabinet warfare blocking Brexit progress, Theresa May told

The prime minister was warned that the government needed to be more decisive over the EU departureDANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/Getty Images

Theresa May has been warned that cabinet decision-making over Brexit is too slow after No 10 said that no agreement had been struck on limiting migration in future.

Downing Street tried to pacify warring cabinet ministers yesterday with a fudge in which it insisted that the principle of EU free movement would end after Brexit but refused to commit itself to a specific replacement.

The peace move followed days of conflicting statements. On Friday Philip Hammond, the chancellor, said that EU citizens could still come to Britain after Brexit while on Sunday Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, suggested that no decisions had been made. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, was also unhappy about Mr Hammond’s intervention.